Elizabeth Shove Heather Chappells Loren Lutzenhiser
Current expectations and standards of comfort are almost certainly unsustainable and new methods and ideas will be required if there is to be any prospect of a significantly lower carbon society. This collection reassesses relationships between people and the multitude of environments they inhabit in the context of increasing carbon intensities of everyday life. In this bold and unconventional volume historians, sociologists, environmentalists, geographers, and cultural theorists provoke and stimulate debate about the future of comfort in a lower carbon society. These contributions are then...
Current expectations and standards of comfort are almost certainly unsustainable and new methods and ideas will be required if there is to be any pros...